History Deaths on December 04

Yossi Sarid, Israeli journalist and politician, 15th Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1940)

#Yossi_Sarid

Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)

#Thomas_Bartholin

Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)

#Griffith_Rhys_Jones

Tommy Bolin, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1951)

#Tommy_Bolin

Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein (b. 1401)

#Adolphus_VIII,_Count_of_Holstein

Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)

#Charles_Dow

Ross A. McGinnis, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1987)

#Ross_A._McGinnis

William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)

#William_Sturgeon

Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)

#Johan_Halvorsen

William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (b. 1585)

#William_Drummond_of_Hawthornden

Stanis?awa Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (b. 1911)

#Stanis?awa_Walasiewicz

Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1922)

#Jack_Brooks_(American_politician)

Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906)

#Hannah_Arendt

John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685)

#John_Gay

Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)

#Roger_Bresnahan

Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

#Thomas_Hunt_Morgan

V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (b. 1914)

#V._R._Krishna_Iyer

Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (b. 1899)

#Osman_Achmatowicz

Carloman I, Frankish king (b. 751)

#Carloman_I

Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (b. 1931)

#Hubert_Sumlin

Maerten de Vos, Flemish painter and draughtsman (b. 1532)

#Maerten_de_Vos

Liam Clancy, Irish singer, actor, and guitarist (b. 1935)

#Liam_Clancy

Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and theorist (b. 1588)

#Thomas_Hobbes

Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (b. 1957)

#Claudia_Emerson

Bert Lahr, American actor (b. 1895)

#Bert_Lahr

Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (b. 1897)

#Rouben_Mamoulian

John of Damascus, Syrian priest and saint (b. 676)

#John_of_Damascus

Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)

#Stefan_George

Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (b. 1585)

#Cardinal_Richelieu

William the Lion, Scottish king (b. 1143)

#William_the_Lion

Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)

#Fritz_Löhner-Beda

Nicholas Ferrar, English trader (b. 1592)

#Nicholas_Ferrar

John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)

#John_Tyndall

Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)

#Ivana_Kobilca

József Galamb, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881)

#József_Galamb

Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)

#Luigi_Galvani

Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)

#Benjamin_Britten

Janis?aw I, Archbishop of Gniezno

#Janis?aw_I

Joana Raspall i Juanola, Spanish author and poet (b. 1913)

#Joana_Raspall_i_Juanola

Cyrus the Great, king of Persia (b. 600 BC)

#Cyrus_the_Great

Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)

#Robert_Jenkinson,_2nd_Earl_of_Liverpool

Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer and manager (b. 1971)

#Miguel_Calero

Bill Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1932)

#Bill_Bennett

Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (b. 1936)

#Henck_Arron

Robert Loggia, American actor and director (b. 1930)

#Robert_Loggia

Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1940)

#Frank_Zappa

Theobald II of Navarre (b. 1238)

#Theobald_II_of_Navarre

Anno II, German archbishop and saint (b. 1010)

#Anno_II

John Leamy, Irish-American merchant (b. 1757)

#John_Leamy_(merchant)

Empress Meish? of Japan (b. 1624)

#Empress_Meish?

Sonia Pierre, Haitian-Dominican activist (b. 1965)

#Sonia_Pierre

Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)

#Gregor_MacGregor

Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor (b. 1938)

#Shashi_Kapoor

Henry Burghersh, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1292)

#Henry_Burghersh

Constance Davey, Australian psychologist (b. 1882)

#Constance_Davey

Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)

#Tamanishiki_San'emon

Vasily Belov, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)

#Vasily_Belov

Sócrates, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1954)

#Sócrates

Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano and actress (b. 1943)

#Elena_Souliotis

Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)

#Charles_Richet

Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer (b. 1921).

Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (b. 1929)

Vincent L. McKusick, American lawyer and judge (b. 1921)

Carroll E. Lanier, American sailor and politician (b. 1926)

Anthony Deane-Drummond, English general (b. 1917)

King Curtis Iaukea, American wrestler (b. 1937)

Pimp C, American rapper (b. 1973)

K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (b. 1938)

Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b. 1963)

Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand soldier and author (b. 1924)

Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)

Rose Bird, American academic and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (b. 1936)

Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (b. 1903)

Henry Clausen, American lawyer and author (b. 1905)

Arnold Lobel, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)

Jack Mercer, American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer (b. 1910)

Jeanne Block, American psychologist (b. 1923)

Don Warrington, Canadian football player (b. 1948)

Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)

W. F. McCoy, Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1886)

Shunry? Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center (b. 1904)

Fred Hampton, American Black Panthers activist (b. 1948)

George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (b. 1881)

Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)

Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)

David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)

Alexander Hume, Scottish poet (b. 1560)

John Willock, Scottish minister and reformer (b. 1515)

Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian-Slovak mathematician and cartographer (b. 1514)

Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1401)

Valentina Visconti, wife of Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans

Pope John XXII (b. 1249)

Aymer de Valence, Bishop of Winchester (b. 1222)

Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)

Suairlech ind Eidnén mac Ciaráin, Irish bishop